Kevin Jörg

Kevin Jörg
A portrait of Kevin Jörg
Nationality	Swiss
Born	(1995-09-11) 11 September 1995 (age 29)
GP3 Series career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Trident
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	9
Former teams	DAMS
Starts	33
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	12th in 2017
Previous series
2012-15 2012, 2014-15 2013 2011-12 2011	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Formula Abarth Formula BMW Talent Cup

Kevin Jörg (born 11 September 1995 in Weesen) is a Swiss former racing driver and a former member of the Renault Sport Academy.

Career

Karting

Jörg first began karting in 2007, partaking in numerous championships across Switzerland.

Lower Formulae

In 2011, Jörg graduated to single-seaters, competing in four races of Formula Abarth with Jenzer Motorsport, where he finished nineteenth in the European Championship and twenty second in the Italian. That same year, Jörg competed in the Formula BMW Talent Cup where he finished fourth. He remained with Jenzer in Formula Abarth full-time the following year, finishing sixth in both championships.

Formula Renault

In 2012, Jörg partook in one round of both the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship and Northern European Cup with EPIC Racing and Daltec respectively. The following year, Jörg moved to Eurocup full-time with Jenzer, where he finished fourteenth overall. He also competed in the Alps Series, where he claimed three podiums and finished fourth.

In 2014, Jörg switched to Josef Kaufmann Racing, where he claimed his maiden Eurocup victory and finished sixth. He claimed two additional victories in NEC, as well as three pole positions and fastest laps, and finished fourteenth overall. He remained with Josef Kaufmann the following year where he finished third in Eurocup and as NEC vice-champion.

GP3 Series

In 2016, it was announced that Jörg would race with the DAMS squad in their maiden season.^[1] He finished fourteenth overall.

In January 2017, Jörg switched to Trident.^[2]

Formula One

In February 2016, Jörg was among four drivers incorporated into the newly formed Renault Sport Academy.^[3] The following year, Jörg was dropped from the program.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2011	Formula Abarth European Series	Jenzer Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	7	19th
	Formula Abarth Italian Series		2	0	0	0	0	2	22nd
	LO Formel Lista Junior	Jo Zeller Racing	2	0	0	0	0	5	12th
	Formula BMW Talent Cup		1	0	0	0	0	0	4th
2012	Formula Abarth European Series	Jenzer Motorsport	24	0	1	0	6	176	6th
	Formula Abarth Italian Series		18	0	0	0	3	122	6th
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	EPIC Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Daltec Racing	2	0	0	0	0	3	47th
2013	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Jenzer Motorsport	14	0	0	0	0	2	23rd
	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps		14	0	0	0	3	90	4th
2014	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Josef Kaufmann Racing	14	1	0	0	2	87	6th
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC		7	2	2	3	3	118	13th
2015	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Josef Kaufmann Racing	17	1	1	2	6	193	3rd
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC		16	2	2	3	11	305	2nd
2016	GP3 Series	DAMS	18	0	0	0	0	26	14th
2017	GP3 Series	Trident	15	0	0	0	1	28	12th

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Points
2013	Jenzer Motorsport	VLL 1 11	VLL 2 10	IMO1 1 14	IMO1 2 15	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 4	MNZ 1 7	MNZ 2 Ret	MIS 1 3	MIS 2 3	MUG 1 8	MUG 2 4	IMO2 1 14	IMO2 2 5	4th	90

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2016	DAMS	CAT FEA 5	CAT SPR 7	RBR FEA 13	RBR SPR 14	SIL FEA 15	SIL SPR 11	HUN FEA 10	HUN SPR 9	HOC FEA 14	HOC SPR 10	SPA FEA 11	SPA SPR Ret	MNZ FEA NC	MNZ SPR 12	SEP FEA 12	SEP SPR 11	YMC FEA 4	YMC SPR 8	14th	26
2017	Trident	CAT FEA 13	CAT SPR 9	RBR FEA 11	RBR SPR 9	SIL FEA 9	SIL SPR 7	HUN FEA 7	HUN SPR 3	SPA FEA 10	SPA SPR 8	MNZ FEA 9	MNZ SPR C	JER FEA 20	JER SPR 18	YMC FEA 9	YMC SPR 7			12th	28

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

1. "DAMS announces Hughes, Ferrucci and Jorg as 2016 GP3 Series drivers". Autosport. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
2. "Renault protege Jorg set for GP3 return with Trident". 9 January 2017. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
3. "Who are the new Renault F1 juniors?". 6 February 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.

External links

• Official website
• Kevin Jörg career summary at DriverDB.com